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Henri was born October 15, 1927 in Brussels and died in August 1943.
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This fierce memoir is both elegiac and indicting. Marcel Liebman’s account of his childhood in Brussels under the Nazi occupation explores the emergence of his class-consciousness against a background of resistance and collaboration. He documents the internal class war that has long been hidden from historyhow the Nazi persecution exploited class distinctions within the Jewish community, and how certain Jewish notables collaborated in a systematic program of denunciation and deportation against immigrant Jews who lacked the privileges of wealth and citizenship. An eminent anti-Zionist and Marxist, Liebman tells the story of his family’s struggle to survive in the face of persecution, terror and constant evasion, an existence observed with acuity, humor and lyricism.
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In this comprehensive and dynamic Deutscher Prize winning work, Liebman rises about the dogmatism and sterility that plague most appraisals of Lenin, and persuasively makes the case that the Russian Revolutionary's political ideas have an enduring relevance for today's activists. Marcel Liebman was a historian of socialism and of communism.
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Henri was born October 15, 1927 in Brussels and died in August 1943.
He was also an early initiator of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. His intellectual methodology was engaged, critical and rigorous. On July 9, 1943, Marcel"s older brother, Henri, was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Malines.
Several weeks later, on July 31, he was transported to Auschwitz with 1,555 other deportees where he was in all probability sent to the gas chambers upon arrival as he had not yet turned 16 years of age.
(Of the 1,556 deportees sent to Auschwitz on July 31, 1943, only 40 returned after the camps were liberated) From 1962 to 1967, he was editor of the weekly journal Louisiana Gauche (The Left) and in 1968 founded the journal Mai (May) which existed until 1973. In 1976, he participated in the creation of the Association Belgo-Palestinienne, with Naïm Khader and Pierre Galand, where he was General-Secretary.
Riton"s actual name is Henri, named after Marcel"s lost brother. In December 2005, the foundation was converted into the Marcel Liebman Institute.
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(This fierce memoir is both elegiac and indicting. Marcel ...)
An historian of socialism and of communism, he published a number of well known essays, notably on the Russian Revolution, Leninism and the history of the labour movement in Belgium. This Institute aims to contribute to socialist thought and the study of the left, as well as a critical reflection on the practices of social movements. Leninism Under Lenin (Merlin Press, 1973).
Socialist Register 1. 1964.
"The Crisis of Belgian Social Democracy". Socialist Register 3.
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"Israel, Palestine and Zionism". Socialist Register 7. Socialist Register 12.
"Reflections on Anti-Communism". Socialist Register. Socialist Register, special issue: Social Democracy and After 22. "Reformism Yesterday and Social Democracy Today".
Socialist Register 22. "Beyond Social Democracy".